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Author:

Pervo, Richard I.

Title:

Acts : a commentary / by Richard I. Pervo ; edited by Harold W. Attridge.

Publisher:

Fortress Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxxvi, 812 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Bible.--Acts--Acts--Commentaries.

Other Authors:

Attridge, Harold W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-760) and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction. The earliest witnesses to Acts and its canonical history ; The text ; The date and place of composition: the author ; Language and style ; Sources ; Genre ; The unity/ies of Luke and Acts ; Structure ; General purpose ; Theology ; Bibliography and history of research -- Commentary -- Appendixes. Appendix 1. The conversion of Polemo ; Appendix 2. The "Sarapis Aretalogy" from Delos: the foundation of a cult ; Appendix 3. Political activity by a Guild ; Appendix 4. Artemidorus Oneirocritica ; Appendix 5. Endings. -- Back matter.

Series:

Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible

ISBN:

0800660455 (alk. paper)
9780800660451 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191697404

LCCN:

2008003463

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)